2. guarantee [ n ] a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

Used in print:

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

Until the Charter_of_Liberties was issued in the fall of 1958 , there were no guarantees of the right to assemble or to organize for political purposes .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

You may think we did n't need Nancy and Jean , but you always get what you can when you can , and we had no guarantee that a fingerprint record on them could n't be useful before we were through_with this case .

3. guarantee [ v ] promise to do or accomplishExamples:"guarantee to free the prisoners"

Used in print:

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

There is little evidence that existing public or private training_programs have any great difficulty getting students to enroll in their programs , even though they must pay tuition , receive no subsistence payments , and are not guaranteed a job .

Mr._Dryfoos ' outstanding career as a journalist guarantees that the high standards which have made the Times one of the world 's great newspapers will be maintained .

(Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)

Regardless of its unadjusted allotment , each State is guaranteed by law a minimum allotment each_year equal to the allotment which it received in fiscal_year 1954 - increased by a uniform percentage of 5.4865771 which brings total 1954 allotments to all States up to $ 23000000 .

5. guarantee [ n ] a pledge that something will happen or that something is trueExamples:"there is no guarantee that they are not lying"

Used in print:

(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

There we held `` that the statutory scheme for review , within the selective_service_system , entitles [ conscientious_objectors ] to no guarantee that the FBI reports must be produced for their inspection '' .